When I’m asked for my prediction of the 2013 Texans, I don’t give a win total because I think wins and losses are a combo of skill and luck, and for the better teams, particularly injury misfortune of your own team and others and timing of when each team faces each other.

But in general, my view of the Texans is fairly optimistic, unpredictable injury issues aside. Why?

> In a relatively short 16-game season, some continuity of proven offensive and defensive coaches, systems, and players will give you an advantage over teams that don’t have that.

> The Texans best players are better than the best players for much of the NFL.

> Yes, the Texans have some depth issues behind key players but that is just the entire NFL. There’s reasons why many NFL teams have a trend for keeping so many undrafted free agents–they are young, inexpensive and hungry–and allow you to pay your stars.

> In some of the worrisome areas of 2012, the Texans have made attempts to address those areas. Whether those measures work, we get to see in games.

Of course, all of that is a terribly sensible point of view. Too sensible. So I need to do something that is fun and terribly impractical….

My Infographic on the Houston Texans Road to the Super Bowl.

Everything on the web is about infographics these days. I decided this post needed to have a snazzy visual representation of the Texans road to the Super Bowl, so I cranked up my bad photoshop art machine for your mild amusement and often painful reflection. And perspective, of course. (The road is disjointed because I couldn’t upload the entire photoshop picture roads often are). Please enjoy this, and hopefully enjoy your NFL season which is finally here.